Roughly 50,000 fewer MassHealth members are predicted to be impacted by Medicaid work and education requirements.
Month: September 2026
Why Massachusetts parties are allowing the slow-moving self-destruction to continue is anyone’s guess.
Bus speeds across the 10 slowest MBTA bus routes fell to 6.42 mph from 6.52 mph last year, but the agency is improving service gaps.
Gov. Maura Healey is all-in on artificial intelligence, but she’s also trying to get a handle on soaring energy costs and a growing backlash to the very structures supporting the AI boom — data centers. This week on The Codcast, CommonWealth Beacon reporters Jennifer Smith and Jordan Wolman discuss the governor’s new executive order trying to make data centers greener and more responsive to community feedback, and the paradox of pushing for expanded AI usage as communities revolt against its infrastructure.
Pacheco claimed a 14-vote win with 2,493 votes to Medeiros’ 2,479 after the recount, according to results from the secretary of state’s office.
Used to controlling the lawmaking process, legislators have expressed discontent with the number and content of ballot questions this year.
The unfolding legal drama marks a major pivot point for a project intended to provide 20 percent of Massachusetts’s electricity — and exposes just how fragile and volatile the state’s energy mix continues to be.
Massachusetts Senator William Brownsberger has narrowly won his reelection bid following tense recounts
Newly filed financial reports shed light on this election’s battle lines, which will pit business groups against unions, the marijuana industry against an out-of-state opponent, and transparency advocates against Beacon Hill itself.
Healey can cast the utility companies as a critical partner when it’s advantageous for her to do so — or turn them into a political punching bag and convenient foil when it benefits her.